Wow, that was a tough first week of 2016 for U.S. markets!
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It wasn't easier in major global markets either. China was a leader … downwards.
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Which U.S. Markets Did Best In 2015?
There is always something working in the Markets. It still surprises me how often it changes.
A look at the recent winners and losers (based on year-end performance) shows the volatility and varied nature of this list.
Who would have guessed the big winners this year would be the French and German markets, along with the U.S. Dollar.
The chart below shows the top-and-bottom performing markets for the year. The data is color coded based on sector. The first column shows 2015 performance, followed by six columns of the most recent prior yearly market performances.
Click the image to jump to the full chart.
Table Key:
Note: The S&P 500 Index is shown in black to highlight its performance vs other markets that offer an equity portfolio full diversification.
Click this link to view weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly views of this data.
So, how did the U.S market compare to other markets around the world? Here is an interactive chart showing how the S&P 500 out-performed this past year.
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Which U.S. Markets Did Best In 2015?
There is always something working in the Markets. It still surprises me how often it changes.
A look at the recent winners and losers (based on year-end performance) shows the volatility and varied nature of this list.
Who would have guessed the big winners this year would be the French and German markets, along with the U.S. Dollar.
The chart below shows the top-and-bottom performing markets for the year. The data is color coded based on sector. The first column shows 2015 performance, followed by six columns of the most recent prior yearly market performances.
Click the image to jump to the full chart.
Table Key:
Note: The S&P 500 Index is shown in black to highlight its performance vs other markets that offer an equity portfolio full diversification.
Click this link to view weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly views of this data.
So, how did the U.S market compare to other markets around the world? Here is an interactive chart showing how the S&P 500 out-performed this past year.
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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
I think I am addicted to my phone … almost as much as my family is addicted to theirs.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- 40 Inspirational Quotes From Entrepreneurs That Everyone Should Read. (Lifehack)
- The World is Full of Average. (Jimmy Casas)
- The Science of Love in the Age of Big Data. (Huffington Post)
- Contempt Is Contagious: The only emotion that spreads more reliably is panic. (Seth Godin)
- The Rise of Work-Doping. Would you take a drug found to enhance cognition in healthy people? (The Atlantic)
- Disaster Averted in NYSE Stocks as Backup Feed Kicks In. (Bloomberg)
- "Black Swan" Risk Index Soars to a Record High. (Valuewalk)
- Volatility Now Becomes Bulls' Enemy #1. (StockCharts)
- It's Time to Try Trickle-Up Economics. (Fortune)
- Austria Proudly Shows Off the 15 Tons of Gold It Repatriated From London. (ZH)
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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
I think I am addicted to my phone … almost as much as my family is addicted to theirs.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- 40 Inspirational Quotes From Entrepreneurs That Everyone Should Read. (Lifehack)
- The World is Full of Average. (Jimmy Casas)
- The Science of Love in the Age of Big Data. (Huffington Post)
- Contempt Is Contagious: The only emotion that spreads more reliably is panic. (Seth Godin)
- The Rise of Work-Doping. Would you take a drug found to enhance cognition in healthy people? (The Atlantic)
- Disaster Averted in NYSE Stocks as Backup Feed Kicks In. (Bloomberg)
- "Black Swan" Risk Index Soars to a Record High. (Valuewalk)
- Volatility Now Becomes Bulls' Enemy #1. (StockCharts)
- It's Time to Try Trickle-Up Economics. (Fortune)
- Austria Proudly Shows Off the 15 Tons of Gold It Repatriated From London. (ZH)
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Goldman Sachs Lists the Top Ten Companies, by Size, for the past Ten Years
Goldman Sachs released a chart that shows how tech companies have dominated recently.
It highlights top companies by size, charted for the past 10 years.
2015 marked the first time the top three largest companies in the world were all technology firms.
Goldman Sachs via Business Insider.
As the falling oil price pushed Exxon Mobil dropped out of the top three for the first time. Meanwhile, Google (sorry, Alphabet) and Microsoft took two and three this year.
The list is dominated by tech companies, which take five of the top ten slots. It also shows the relative decline of the financial sector, which had three companies in the top 10 before the 2008 crisis. This year, Wells Fargo is the only bank.
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Goldman Sachs Lists the Top Ten Companies, by Size, for the past Ten Years
Goldman Sachs released a chart that shows how tech companies have dominated recently.
It highlights top companies by size, charted for the past 10 years.
2015 marked the first time the top three largest companies in the world were all technology firms.
Goldman Sachs via Business Insider.
As the falling oil price pushed Exxon Mobil dropped out of the top three for the first time. Meanwhile, Google (sorry, Alphabet) and Microsoft took two and three this year.
The list is dominated by tech companies, which take five of the top ten slots. It also shows the relative decline of the financial sector, which had three companies in the top 10 before the 2008 crisis. This year, Wells Fargo is the only bank.
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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
Getting ready for the New Year!
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- Can You Get Smarter? (NYTimes)
- 10 Things You Might Not Know About Geniuses. (ChicagoTribune)
- The Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016. (Gartner)
- YouTube's Top 10 Music Videos of the Year. (Mashable)
- Best USA TODAY Photos of 2015. (USA Today)
- 2016: The Year Ahead. (Bank of America – ML)
- Robert Reich on Why Capitalism Needs Saving. (RollingStone)
- Google will Spin-Off Driverless Cars Into a Separate Company (BW)
- Mark Zuckerberg and the Changing Nature of Philanthropy. (FT)
- Peter Lynch, 25 Years Later: It’s Not Just ‘Invest in What You Know’. (WSJ)
